As amended August 10, 2023 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS of GLOBE LIFE INC. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) ARTICLE I. OFFICES Section 1. Registered Office: The registered office shall be established and maintained at the office of The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, in the County of New Castle, in the State of Delaware (19801), and said company shall be the registered agent of this Corporation. Section 2. Other Offices: The Corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may require. The principal place of business of the Corporation shall be in McKinney, Texas. ARTICLE II. STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. Annual Meetings: Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the state of Delaware, or by means of remote communication, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event the Board of Directors fails to so determine the time, date and place of meeting, if any, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in Texas on the last Thursday of April, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. Section 2. Special Meetings: (a) Unless otherwise prescribed by law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, at any time by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the Whole Board. For purposes of these By-laws, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons, except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article II, as provided in the terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock, or as required by law. (b) (i) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request, delivered in accordance with this By-law, of one or more record holders of shares of stock of the Corporation representing in the aggregate not less than twenty five percent (25%) of the total voting power (the “Required Percentage”) of the
2 outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters proposed to be brought before the proposed special meeting (the “Voting Stock”). (ii) A stockholder may not submit a written request to call a special meeting unless such stockholder is a holder of record of Voting Stock on the record date fixed to determine the stockholders entitled to request the call of a special meeting. A stockholder seeking to call a special meeting shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, demand that the Board of Directors fix a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to request the call of a special meeting, if such a record date has not been established. A written demand to fix such a record date shall include all of the information that must be included in a written request to call a special meeting (including information that would be required if the demanding stockholder was not a Solicited Stockholder (as defined below)) as set forth in the succeeding paragraph (iii) of this By-law. The Board of Directors may, within ten (10) days of the Secretary’s receipt of a demand to fix such a record date, fix such a record date, which record date shall not precede, and shall not be more than ten (10) days after, the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted. If such a record date is not fixed by the Board of Directors within ten days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date shall be the date that the first written request to call a special meeting is received by the Secretary of the Corporation with respect to the matter or matters proposed to be brought before the proposed special meeting. Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no record date shall be fixed or otherwise occur if (A) the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the written requests to call a special meeting that would otherwise be submitted after such record date could not comply with any of clauses (B)-(E) of paragraph (v) of this By-law or (B) the stockholder making the written demand to fix a record date has withdrawn such demand. (iii) A stockholder request for a special meeting shall be directed to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be signed by each stockholder, or a duly authorized agent of such stockholder, requesting the special meeting, shall indicate the date on which such request was signed, and shall be accompanied by a notice setting forth the information required by Section 10 of this Article II and/or Section 2 of Article III of these By-laws, as applicable, as to any business proposed to be conducted and/or any nominations proposed to be presented at such special meeting, as applicable, and as to the stockholder(s) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Record Stockholder (as defined below), stockholder associated persons, Nominating Record Stockholder (as defined below), or nominating stockholder associated persons, but excluding Solicited Stockholders) requesting the special meeting. Any stockholder requesting a special meeting must (A) be a stockholder of the Corporation of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such special meeting, (B) be a stockholder of record on the date of the special meeting, and (C) attend such annual meeting to present such stockholder proposal or nomination. For purposes of this By-law, “Solicited Stockholder” means any stockholder that has provided a request to call a special meeting in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”) by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A. (iv) A special meeting requested by stockholders shall be held at such date, time and place within or without the state of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any such special meeting shall be not more than ninety (90) days after the request to call the special meeting by one or more stockholders complying with this Section 2 is received by the Secretary of the Corporation; provided further that, subject to the immediately preceding proviso, the Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting. (v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Secretary of the Corporation shall not accept, and shall consider ineffective, a written request from a stockholder to call a special meeting: (A) that does not comply with the provisions of this By-law, (B) that relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for
3 stockholder action under applicable law or that did not appear in the demand delivered in accordance with paragraph (ii) of this By-law that resulted in the record date for determining who is entitled to deliver a written request to call the special meeting, (C) if the Board of Directors has called or calls for a meeting of stockholders to be held within ninety (90) days after the Secretary receives the request for the special meeting, and the business of such meeting includes (among any other matters properly brought before the meeting) an identical or substantially similar item (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) to the business specified in the stockholder’s request (such item, a “Similar Item”), (D) if a Similar Item has been presented at an annual or special meeting of stockholders that was held not more than one (1) year before the request to call the special meeting was received by the Secretary of the Corporation, or (E) if such request is delivered between the time beginning on the 61st day after the earliest date of signature on a written request that has been delivered to the Secretary relating to a Similar Item and ending on the one- year anniversary of such earliest date. In addition, no written request to call a special meeting shall be accepted or considered effective by the Secretary of the Corporation unless it is delivered to the Corporation within sixty (60) days of the record date for determining who is entitled to submit such written request. (vi) A stockholder may revoke a request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary, and if, following such revocation, there are un-revoked requests from stockholders holding in the aggregate less than the Required Percentage of Voting Stock, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may refrain from calling or cancel the special meeting, as the case may be. If none of the stockholders who submitted the request for a special meeting appears or sends a qualified representative to present the nominations proposed to be presented or other business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, the Corporation need not present such nominations or other business for a vote at such meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting requested by stockholders shall be limited to the matter(s) described in the special meeting request; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting additional matters to the stockholders, or to cause other business to be transacted, at any special meeting requested by stockholders. (vii) The Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (v)(B) through (E) have been satisfied, and either the Secretary or the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether all other requirements set forth in this Section 2(b) of this Article II have been satisfied. Any determination made pursuant to this paragraph (vii) shall be binding on the Corporation and its stockholders. (c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be confined to the matter(s) stated in the stockholders’ request or matter(s) brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors. The chairperson of a special meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty to determine all matters relating to the conduct of the meeting, including, but not limited to, determining whether any nomination or other item of business has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-laws, and if the chairperson of the meeting should so determine and declare that any nomination or other item of business has not been properly brought before the special meeting, then such nomination or other item of business shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matters may have been received. Section 3. Quorum; Adjournment: At each meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise required by law (including the rules of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation), by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By- laws. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series or series is required, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of such class or classes or series or series entitled to vote at the meeting
4 and present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. In determining whether a quorum is present or represented at a meeting, shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, and treasury shares, shall not be counted. Any stockholders’ meeting may be adjourned from time to time (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using remote communication) by (a) the chairperson of the meeting, or (b) the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, date, and place thereof are (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxyholders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication, or (iii) set forth in the notice of the meeting given in accordance with Section 222(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) ; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty 30 days or, if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the time, date and place of such adjourned meeting, shall be given in accordance with Article II, Section 7 of these By-Laws. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 4. Voting Rights; Proxies: Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Certificate of Designations, Preferences & Rights), and subject to the provisions of these By- laws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock held by such stockholder. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law that is filed in accordance with the procedures established for the meeting, or, in the absence of such procedures, that is filed with the Secretary of the Corporation at or prior to the date of the corporate action taken in writing without a meeting or at or prior to the date of the meeting, as applicable, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. The vote for directors and, upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote upon any other question properly before the meeting shall be by ballot, and if authorized by the Board of Directors, the ballot may be submitted by electronic transmission in the manner provided by law. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use by the Board of Directors. Section 5. Vote Required: Unless a different vote is required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws (including without limitation Section 1 of Article III of these By-laws), the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or as otherwise required by law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation, if a quorum exists at any duly held meeting of stockholders, all matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively. Section 6. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day
5 before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of ten (10) days ending on the day before the meeting, either (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Article II, Section 6 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Notice, stating the place, if any, date and time of any meeting of stockholders, the means of remote communication, if any, by which the stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the general nature of the business to be considered, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, shall be given in writing or by electronic transmission in the manner provided by law (including without limitation, as set forth in Article VI, Section 9 of these By-laws) to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or as required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 8. Organization: Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by such person as the Board of Directors may designate, or, in the absence of such a person, the Chairman of the Board, or, in the absence of such person, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (or any Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation), or, in the absence of such person, such person as may be chosen by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting and cast a vote affirmatively or negatively. Such person shall be chairperson of the meeting and shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seems to him or her to be in order. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Section 9. Action by Consent of Stockholders: Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken and bearing the dates of signature of the stockholders who signed the consent, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, the Corporation’s principal place of business, or any officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate
6 action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated written consent received in accordance with this Section 9, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by this Section 9. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph). If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within 10 days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or any officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. Section 10. Proper Business at Annual Meetings: (a) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before such meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting or proxy materials accompanying such notice (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of record at the time of the delivery of the notice required by this Section 10 of these By-laws (the “Record Stockholder”). For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than any proposal brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or any nomination of any person for election to the Board of Directors (which nomination shall be governed by Sections 2 and 3 of Article III). For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Record Stockholder (other than the nomination of a person for election as a director, which is governed by Sections 2 and 3 of Article III of these By-laws), (a) the Record Stockholder must have given timely notice (a “Record Stockholder Notice”) thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10, must be a stockholder of the Corporation of record (i) at the time of the delivery of said Record Stockholder Notice and must be entitled to vote at the meeting, (ii) on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting, and (iii) on the date of the annual meeting, (b) the Record Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Record Stockholder) must attend such annual meeting to present such proposal, (c) any such business must be a
7 proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware law, and (d) the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person (as defined below) must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Record Stockholder Notice required by these By-laws. (b) To be timely, a Record Stockholder Notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the seventy-fifth (75th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; (provided, however, that subject to the immediately following sentence, in the event that the annual meeting is convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, the Record Stockholder Notice must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Record Stockholder Notice as described above. (c) A Record Stockholder Notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the Record Stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) a reasonably brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, including the complete text of any resolutions to be presented at the meeting with respect to such business (and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) the name and address of record of the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person, (iii) the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, by the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person (and such Record Stockholder Notice shall include documentary evidence of such stockholder’s or any stockholder associated person’s record and beneficial ownership of such stock), (iv) any material interest including, but not limited to, any direct or indirect financial interest, of the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person in such business, (v) any agreement(s) that the Record Stockholder or any stockholder associated person has with any other person in connection with such proposed business, (vi) a description of any derivative positions, hedged positions, synthetic or temporary ownership techniques, swaps, securities loans, timed purchases and other economic and voting interests or similar positions held or beneficially held by the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person or to which the Record Stockholder and any stockholder associated person is a party with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, and whether and the extent to which any other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short positions or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such Record Stockholder or any stockholder associated person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (vii) a representation that the Record Stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business, and (viii) a representation whether the Record Stockholder or any stockholder associated person intends or is part of a group which intends to solicit holders of shares representing at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required under applicable law to approve or adopt the proposal. (d) A Record Stockholder Notice (and any additional information submitted to the Corporation in connection therewith) must be further updated and supplemented (i) if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice is true and correct as of the record date(s) for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof; and (ii) to provide any
8 additional information that the Corporation may reasonably request. Any such update and supplement or additional information must be (i) received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) in the case of a request for additional information, promptly following a request therefor, but not later than such reasonable time as is specified in any such request from the Corporation or (B) in the case of any other update or supplement of any information, not later than ten (10) business days after the record date(s) for the meeting; provided, that if such date is after the date of the meeting, not later than the day prior to the meeting, (ii) be made only to the extent that information has changed since such Record Stockholder’s prior submission, and (iii) clearly identify the information that has changed since such Record Stockholder’s prior submission. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, unless otherwise required by law or determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, if the Record Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Record Stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 10, to be considered a qualified representative of the Record Stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. (f) For purposes of these By-laws, a “stockholder associated person” shall mean (1) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with a Record Stockholder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made) or (2) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control, or acting in concert, with such stockholder associated person. (g) This Section 10 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or any nomination of any person for election to the Board of Directors (which such nomination shall be governed by Sections 2 and 3 of Article III). In addition to the requirements of this Section 10 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, a stockholder shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. ARTICLE III. DIRECTORS Section 1. Number, Election and Terms: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than seven nor more than 15 persons. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the exact number of directors within the minimum and maximum limitations specified in the preceding sentence shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. At each annual meeting of stockholders, all directors shall be elected for terms expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and shall remain in office until such directors’ successors shall have been elected and qualified.
9 Except as provided in Section 5 of this Article III, each director to be elected by stockholders at a meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast with respect to the director, provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders for which (i) (x) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice (as defined below) that a Nominating Record Stockholder (as defined below) has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in compliance with the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for director set forth in Article III, Section 2 of these By-laws, or (y) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination (as defined below) that an Eligible Stockholder (as defined below) has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in compliance with the proxy access notice requirements for stockholder nominees for a director set forth in Article III, Section 3 of these By-laws, and (ii) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such Nominating Record Stockholder or Eligible Stockholder, as applicable, on or prior to the date that is fourteen (14) days preceding the date that the Corporation first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders. If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, stockholders shall not be permitted to vote against a nominee. For purposes of this Section 1, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election (with “abstentions” not counted as a vote cast either “for” or “against” that director’s election). Section 2. Nomination Procedures: (a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures or the procedures set forth in Section 3 below shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors by (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation or the governance and nominating committee of the Board of Directors or (ii) any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at such meeting (a “Nominating Record Stockholder”) if the nomination by such stockholder is made in accordance with the procedures established by this Article III, Section 2 and in compliance in all respects with the requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, if applicable, the requirements of Rule 14a-19 (as such rule and regulations may be amended from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including any SEC staff interpretations relating thereto). For nominations to be properly brought before a meeting by a Nominating Record Stockholder, (a) the Nominating Record Stockholder must have given timely notice (a “Nominating Record Stockholder Notice”) thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2, must be a stockholder of the Corporation of record (i) at the time of the delivery of said Nominating Record Stockholder Notice and must be entitled to vote at the meeting for the election of directors (ii) on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting for the election of directors, and (iii) on the date of the meeting for the election of directors, (b) the Nominating Record Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the Nominating Record Stockholder) must attend such meeting to present such nomination, and (c) the Nominating Record Stockholder and any nominating stockholder associated person (as defined below) must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Nominating Record Stockholder Notice required by these By-laws. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sentence and the procedures set forth in Section 3 below shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose nominations at a meeting of stockholders. (b) To be timely with respect to an annual meeting, a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice shall be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the seventy-fifth (75th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that subject to the next two sentences, in the event that the annual meeting is convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding
10 year, the Nominating Record Stockholder Notice must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there has been no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or indicating the increase in the size of the Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 10 days before the last day that a Nominating Record Stockholder may deliver a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice in accordance with the preceding sentence, a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice required by this By-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice as described above. (c) A Nominating Record Stockholder Notice to the Secretary shall set forth or include, as the case may be, (a) as to each person whom the Nominating Record Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name of the person or persons, (ii) the age, business address and residence address of the person or persons, (iii) the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned or owned of record, directly or indirectly, by the person or persons, (iv) a description of all arrangements, understandings or relationships (including compensation and financial transactions) between the Nominating Record Stockholder and/or nominating stockholder associated person and each nominee, and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the Nominating Record Stockholder, (v) all information required by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Biographical Affidavit and attachments, as amended or replaced, (vi) a notarized affidavit executed by such person or persons to the effect that, if elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, he or she will serve and that he or she is eligible for election as a member of the Board of Directors, and that, if he or she will be named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee, that he or she consents to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee, (vii) a completed questionnaire regarding the potential nominee, which may be obtained from the Secretary of the Corporation, relating solely to the stock exchange listing requirements for director independence that are applicable to the Corporation, (viii) a description of any voting commitments and/or any other arrangements or obligations by which the person or persons is or will be bound as a director, (ix) a statement whether such person or persons, if elected, intends or intend to tender, promptly following such person’s or persons’ election or re-election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon such person’s or persons’ failure to receive the required vote for re-election at the next meeting at which such person or persons would face re-election and upon acceptance of such resignation by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Corporation’s Director Resignation Policy, and (x) any other information relating to the person or persons that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement on Schedule 14A for solicitation of proxies for election of directors under the Exchange Act and pursuant to any other applicable laws or rules or regulations of any governmental authority or of any national securities exchange or similar body overseeing any trading market on which shares of the Corporation are traded and (b) as to the Nominating Record Stockholder (i) the name and address of record of the Nominating Record Stockholder and any nominating stockholder associated person, (ii) the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, by the Nominating Record Stockholder and any nominating stockholder associated person (and such Nominating Record Stockholder Notice shall include documentary evidence of such Nominating Record Stockholder’s or any nominating stockholder associated person’s record and beneficial ownership of such stock), (iii) a list of all stockholder proposals and director nominations made by the Nominating Record Stockholder and/or nominating stockholder associated person during the prior 10 years, (iv) a list of all litigation filed against the Nominating Record
11 Stockholder and/or nominating stockholder associated person during the prior 10 years asserting a breach of fiduciary duty or a breach of loyalty, (v) a representation that the Nominating Record Stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the Nominating Record Stockholder Notice, (vi) a description of any derivative positions, hedged positions, synthetic or temporary ownership techniques, swaps, securities loans, timed purchases and other economic and voting interests or similar positions held or beneficially held by the Nominating Record Stockholder and any nominating stockholder associated person or to which the Nominating Record Stockholder and any nominating stockholder associated person is a party with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, and whether and the extent to which any other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short positions or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such Nominating Record Stockholder or any nominating stockholder associated person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (vii) if the Nominating Record Stockholder or any nominating stockholder associated person is an individual, all information required by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Biographical Affidavit and attachments, as amended or replaced, and (viii) a representation that the Nominating Record Stockholder or any nominating stockholder associated person intends or is part of a group that intends to solicit the holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of the director nominees other than the Corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19. (d) A Nominating Record Stockholder Notice (and any additional information submitted to the Corporation in connection therewith) must be further updated and supplemented (i) if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice is true and correct as of the record date(s) for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof; and (ii) to provide any additional information that the Corporation may reasonably request. Any such update and supplement or additional information must be (i) received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) in the case of a request for additional information, promptly following a request therefor, but not later than such reasonable time as is specified in any such request from the Corporation, or (B) in the case of any other update or supplement of any information, not later than ten (10) business days after the record date(s) for the meeting; provided, that if such date is after the date of the meeting, not later than the day prior to the meeting, (ii) be made only to the extent that information has changed since such Nominating Record Stockholder’s prior submission, and (iii) clearly identify the information that has changed since such Nominating Record Stockholder’s prior submission. (e) In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of such directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the Nominating Record Stockholder Notice required by this Article II, Section 2 shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the Nominating Record Stockholder Notice as described above.
12 (f) Any Nominating Record Stockholder that provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) or that includes the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) in a preliminary or definitive proxy statement previously filed by such stockholder shall provide written notification to the Secretary of the Corporation promptly, but in no event later than two (2) business days, following any failure by the Nominating Record Stockholder to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2), or any change in such Nominating Record Stockholder’s intent to solicit proxies from the holders of shares representing at least 67% of the voting power of shares entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than the Corporation’s nominees or with respect to the names of such Nominating Record Stockholder’s nominees. (g) Upon request by the Corporation, any Nominating Record Stockholder that provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) or that includes the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) in a preliminary or definitive proxy statement previously filed by such Nominating Record Stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation, no later than seven (7) business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19, including Rule 14a-19(a)(3), for any nominees proposed for election by such Nominating Record Stockholder. If any Nominating Record Stockholder provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b), (or includes the information required by Rule 14a-19(b) in a preliminary or definitive proxy statement previously filed by such Nominating Record Stockholder) with respect to any proposed nominee, and subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a- 19(a)(2) or Rule 14a-19(a)(3) (or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the Corporation that such Nominating Record Stockholder or other person has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19, including Rule 14a-19(a)(3), in accordance with the preceding sentence), then notwithstanding anything to the contrary, unless otherwise required by law, the nomination of each such proposed nominee shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of the election of such proposed nominees may have been received by the Corporation (which proxies and votes shall be disregarded). (h) The Board of Directors may reject any nomination by a Nominating Record Stockholder not timely made in accordance with the requirements of this Article III, Section 2 and the requirements of the federal securities laws, regulations and rules, including Rule 14a-19 and each nominee must also meet all additional qualifications for directors which may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors or stockholders. The chairperson of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not in compliance with the procedures prescribed by these By-laws or the federal securities laws, regulations and rules, including Rule 14a-19 and if such chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, unless otherwise required by law or determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, if the Nominating Record Stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall not be presented for election, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. (j) For purposes of these By-laws, a “nominating stockholder associated person” shall mean (1) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with a Nominating Record Stockholder and (2) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control, or acting in concert, with such nominating stockholder associated person.
13 (k) Nothing in this Section 2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of holders of any series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Certificate of Designations, Preferences & Rights). (l) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this section. Section 3. Proxy Access for Director Nominations: (a) Whenever the Board solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Corporation shall include in its proxy statement for such annual meeting, in addition to any persons nominated for election by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof, the name, together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any person nominated for election to the Board by an Eligible Stockholder (as defined in clause (d) of this Section 3) pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 3 (a “Stockholder Nominee”). For purposes of this Section 3, the “Required Information” that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is (i) the information provided to the Secretary concerning the Stockholder Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) if the Eligible Stockholder so elects, a Supporting Statement (as defined in clause (h) of this Section 3). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3 shall limit the Corporation’s ability to solicit against any Stockholder Nominee or include in its proxy materials the Corporation’s own statements or other information relating to any Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, including any information provided to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 3. Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the name of any Stockholder Nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall also be set forth on the form of proxy distributed by the Corporation in connection with such annual meeting. (b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by an Eligible Stockholder pursuant to this Section 3, the Eligible Stockholder shall have given timely notice thereof (a “Notice of Proxy Access Nomination”) in proper written form to the Secretary and shall expressly request in the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination to have such nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3. To be timely, a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) days nor more than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the anniversary of the date that the Corporation first distributed its proxy statement to stockholders for the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, or the public disclosure thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination as described above. (c) The maximum number of Stockholder Nominees nominated by all Eligible Stockholders that will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders shall not exceed the greater of (i) two (2) or (ii) twenty percent (20%) of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination may be delivered pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 3 (the “Final Proxy Access Nomination Date”) or, if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number below twenty percent (20%) (such number, as it may be adjusted pursuant to this Section 3(c), the “Permitted Number”). In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board after the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date but before the date of the annual
14 meeting and the Board resolves to reduce the size of the Board in connection therewith, the Permitted Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. In addition, the Permitted Number shall be reduced by (i) the number of individuals who will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials as nominees recommended by the Board pursuant to an agreement, arrangement or other understanding with a stockholder or group of stockholders (other than any such agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with an acquisition of stock from the Corporation by such stockholder or group of stockholders), (ii) the number of incumbent directors in office as of the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date who were included in the Corporation’s proxy materials as Stockholder Nominees for any of the two (2) preceding annual meetings of stockholders (including any persons counted as Stockholder Nominees pursuant to the immediately succeeding clause (i)) and whose re-election at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the Board, and (iii) the number of persons for which the Corporation shall have received notice that a stockholder intends to nominate as a candidate for election to the Board at the annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 2 of Article III of these By-laws, but only to the extent the Permitted Number after such reduction with respect to this clause (iii) equals or exceeds one. For purposes of determining when the Permitted Number has been reached, any individual nominated by an Eligible Stockholder for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3 whom the Board determines to include in the Corporation’s proxy statement (whether as a Stockholder Nominee or otherwise) shall be counted as one of the Stockholder Nominees even if such individual’s nomination is subsequently withdrawn, disregarded or declared invalid or ineligible. Any Eligible Stockholder submitting more than one Stockholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3 shall rank such Stockholder Nominees based on the order in which the Eligible Stockholder desires such Stockholder Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials in the event that the total number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this Section 3 exceeds the Permitted Number. In the event that the number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this Section 3 exceeds the Permitted Number, the highest ranking Stockholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Section 3 from each Eligible Stockholder will be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of common stock of the Corporation each Eligible Stockholder disclosed as Owned in its Notice of Proxy Access Nomination. If the Permitted Number is not reached after the highest ranking Stockholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Section 3 from each Eligible Stockholder has been selected, then the next highest ranking Stockholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Section 3 from each Eligible Stockholder will be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials, and this process will continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached. (d) An “Eligible Stockholder” is a stockholder or group of no more than twenty (20) stockholders (counting as one stockholder, for this purpose, any two (2) or more funds that are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group (as defined below)) that (i) has Owned (as defined in clause (e) below of this Section 3) continuously for at least three (3) years (the “Minimum Holding Period”) a number of shares of common stock of the Corporation that represents at least three percent (3%) of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as disclosed in the Corporation’s most recent periodic filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 3 (the “Required Shares”), (ii) continues to Own the Required Shares through the date of the annual meeting, and (iii) meets all other requirements of this Section 3; provided, that if an Eligible Stockholder consists of or is proposed to consist of a permitted group of stockholders, then (x) only the least number of shares Owned by a given stockholder at any time during the Minimum Holding Period may be counted toward the Required Shares for purposes of the foregoing clause (i), and (y) the condition of the foregoing clause (ii) shall be considered
15 satisfied only if each stockholder that is a member of such group of stockholders continues to Own through the date of the annual meeting no less than the least number of shares Owned by such stockholder at any time during the Minimum Holding Period. A “Qualifying Fund Group” means two (2) or more funds that are (i) under common management and investment control, (ii) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer, or (iii) a “group of investment companies” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Whenever the Eligible Stockholder consists of a group of stockholders (including a group of funds that are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group), (i) each provision in this Section 3 that requires the Eligible Stockholder to provide any written statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments or to meet any other conditions shall be deemed to require each stockholder (including each individual fund) that is a member of such group to provide such statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments and to meet such other conditions (except that the members of such group may aggregate the shares that each member has Owned continuously throughout the Minimum Holding Period in order to meet the three percent (3%) Ownership requirement of the “Required Shares” definition), and (ii) a breach of any obligation, agreement or representation under this Section 3 by any member of such group shall be deemed a breach by the Eligible Stockholder. No stockholder may be a member of more than one group of stockholders constituting an Eligible Stockholder with respect to any annual meeting. (e) For purposes of this Section 3, a stockholder shall be deemed to “Own” only those outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as to which the stockholder possesses both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares, and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit from and risk of loss on) such shares; provided, that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares (A) sold by such stockholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (B) borrowed by such stockholder or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such stockholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (C) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar instrument or agreement entered into by such stockholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of shares of outstanding common stock of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (1) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such stockholder’s or its affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (2) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss realized or realizable from maintaining the full economic ownership of such shares by such stockholder or affiliate. A stockholder shall “Own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the stockholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A stockholder’s Ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which (i) the stockholder has loaned such shares, provided that the stockholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days’ notice and includes in the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination an agreement that it will (A) promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified that any of its Stockholder Nominees will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials, and (B) continue to hold such recalled shares through the date of the annual meeting, or (ii) the stockholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement which is revocable at any time by the stockholder. The terms “Owned,” “Owning” and other variations of the word “Own” shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation are “Owned” for these purposes shall be decided by the Board. (f) To be in proper written form, a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination shall set forth or be accompanied by the following: (1) a statement by the Eligible Stockholder (A) setting forth and certifying as to the number of shares it Owns and has Owned continuously throughout the Minimum Holding Period, (B) agreeing to
16 continue to Own the Required Shares through the date of annual meeting, and (C) indicating whether it intends to continue to own the Required Shares for at least one (1) year following the annual meeting; (2) one or more written statements from the record holder of the Required Shares (and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held during the Minimum Holding Period) verifying that, as of a date within seven (7) calendar days prior to the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, the Eligible Stockholder Owns, and has Owned continuously throughout the Minimum Holding Period, the Required Shares, and the Eligible Stockholder’s agreement to provide, within five (5) business days after the later of the record date for the annual meeting or the public announcement thereof, one or more written statements from the record holder and such intermediaries verifying the Eligible Stockholder’s continuous Ownership of the Required Shares through the record date; (3) a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been or is concurrently being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act; (4) the details of any relationship that existed within the past three (3) years and that would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N if it existed on the date of submission of the Schedule 14N; (5) the information, representations, agreements and other documents that would be required to be set forth in or included with a Nominating Record Stockholder Notice pursuant to Article III, Section 2; (6) a representation that the Eligible Stockholder (A) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control of the Corporation, and does not presently have such intent, (B) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board at the annual meeting any person other than the Stockholder Nominee(s) it is nominating pursuant to this Section 3, (C) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Stockholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board, (D) has not distributed and will not distribute to any stockholder of the Corporation any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation, (E) has complied and will comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to solicitations and the use, if any, of soliciting material in connection with the annual meeting, and (F) has provided and will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (7) an undertaking by the Eligible Stockholder to (A) assume all liability arising out of, and indemnify and hold harmless (jointly with all other group members, in the case of a group member) the Corporation and each of its directors, officers, and employees individually against any liability, loss, damages, expenses or other costs (including attorneys’ fees) in connection with, any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers, or employees stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Stockholder’s actions or communications with the shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Stockholder provided to the Corporation, (B) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and listing standards applicable to any solicitation in connection with the annual meeting of
17 shareholders and (C) provide to the Corporation prior to the annual meeting of shareholders such additional information as necessary or reasonably requested by the Corporation; (8) in the case of a nomination by an Eligible Stockholder consisting of a group of stockholders, the designation by all group members of one member of the group that is authorized to receive communications, notices and inquiries from the Corporation and to act on behalf of all members of the group with respect to all matters relating to the nomination under this Section 3 (including withdrawal of the nomination); and (9) in the case of a nomination by an Eligible Stockholder consisting of a group of stockholders in which two (2) or more funds are intended to be treated as one stockholder for purposes of qualifying as an Eligible Stockholder, documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation that demonstrates that the funds are part of the same Qualifying Fund Group. (g) In addition to the information required or requested pursuant to Section 3(f) or any other provision of these By-laws, (i) the Corporation may require any proposed Stockholder Nominee to furnish any other information that (A) may reasonably be requested by the Corporation to determine whether the Stockholder Nominee would be independent under the rules and listing standards of the securities exchanges upon which the stock of the Corporation is listed or traded, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors (the “Independence Standards”), (B) could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such Stockholder Nominee, or (C) may reasonably be requested by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such Stockholder Nominee to be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3 or to serve as a director of the Corporation, and (ii) the Corporation may require the Eligible Stockholder to furnish any other information that may reasonably be requested by the Corporation to verify the Eligible Stockholder’s continuous Ownership of the Required Shares throughout the Minimum Holding Period and through the date of the annual meeting. (h) The Eligible Stockholder may, at its option, provide to the Secretary, at the time the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is provided, a written statement, not to exceed five hundred (500) words for each Stockholder Nominee, in support of its Stockholder Nominee(s)’ candidacy (a “Supporting Statement”). Only one Supporting Statement may be submitted by an Eligible Stockholder (including any group of stockholders together constituting an Eligible Stockholder) in support of its Stockholder Nominee(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Supporting Statement (or portion thereof) that it, in good faith, believes would violate any applicable law, rule or regulation. (i) In the event that any information or communications provided by an Eligible Stockholder or a Stockholder Nominee to the Corporation or its stockholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, such Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary of any such defect and of the information that is required to correct any such defect. Without limiting the foregoing, an Eligible Stockholder shall provide immediate notice to the Corporation if the Eligible Stockholder ceases to Own at least the Required Shares at any time prior to the date of the annual meeting. In addition, any person providing any information to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 3 shall further update and supplement such information, if necessary, so that all such information shall be true and correct as of the record date for the annual meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date. For the avoidance of doubt, no notification, update or supplement provided
18 pursuant to this Section 3(i) or otherwise shall be deemed to cure any defect in any previously provided information or communications or limit the remedies available to the Corporation relating to any such defect (including the right to omit a Stockholder Nominee from its proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3). (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3, the Corporation shall not be required to include in its proxy materials, pursuant to this Section 3, any Stockholder Nominee (i) who would not be an independent director under the Independence Standards, (ii) whose election as a member of the Board would cause the Corporation to be in violation of these By-laws, the Certificate of Incorporation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Certificate of Designations, Preferences & Rights), the rules and listing standards of the securities exchanges upon which the stock of the Corporation is listed or traded, or any applicable law, rule or regulation, (iii) who is or has been, within the past three (3) years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, (iv) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years, (v) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (vi) who shall have provided any information to the Corporation or its stockholders that was untrue in any material respect or that omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. (k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if (i) a Stockholder Nominee and/or the applicable Eligible Stockholder breaches any of its agreements or representations or fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Section 3, or (ii) a Stockholder Nominee otherwise becomes ineligible for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 3, or dies, becomes unable to perform the duties of a director due to mental or physical disability or incapacity, or otherwise becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting, in each case as determined by the Board or any committee thereof or the presiding officer of the annual meeting, (A) the Corporation may omit or, to the extent feasible, remove the information concerning such Stockholder Nominee and the related Supporting Statement from its proxy materials and/or otherwise communicate to its stockholders that such Stockholder Nominee will not be eligible for election at the annual meeting, (B) the Corporation shall not be required to include in its proxy materials any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the applicable Eligible Stockholder or any other Eligible Stockholder, and (C) the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall declare such nomination to be invalid and such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. (l) Any Stockholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of stockholders but either (i) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting, or (ii) does not receive at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the votes cast in favor of such Stockholder Nominee’s election, will be ineligible to be a Stockholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 3 for the next two (2) annual meetings of stockholders. For the avoidance of doubt, the immediately preceding sentence shall not prevent any stockholder from nominating any person to the Board pursuant to Section 2 of Article III of these By-laws. (m) This Section 3 provides the exclusive method for a stockholder to include nominees for election to the Board in the Corporation’s proxy materials. Section 4. Resignations: Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Chief Executive Officer (or any Co-Chief Executive Officer) or the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of
19 Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Section 5. Newly Created Directorships, Vacancies and Removal: Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall, unless otherwise required by law or by resolution of the Board of Directors, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum (and not by stockholders), or if all of the directors shall have been removed, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote thereon, present in person or by proxy at a meeting, and any director so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders following the filling of such vacancy and shall remain in office until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. If the office of any member of a committee or other officer becomes vacant, the Board of Directors may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor shall be duly chosen. Subject in each case to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, (a) any director serving a term that does not expire at the next annual meeting of stockholders following such director’s election by stockholders or appointment to fill a vacancy may be removed from office only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon and (b) any other director may be removed from office, with or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. If the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding are entitled to elect one or more directors, these provisions shall not apply, in respect to the removal without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that series and the rights of the holders of such shares shall be as set out in the Certificate of Designations, Preferences & Rights for such shares. Section 6. Powers: The Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these By-laws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders. Section 7. Designation of Committee Members: At each regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, designate directors to serve as members of the compensation committee, the audit committee and the governance and nominating committee until the next regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are duly designated, and designate, if it desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. The Board of Directors may from time to time provide for such other committees as may be deemed necessary or desirable, and designate to such committees such authority and duties as are appropriate and allowed by Delaware law, and shall, for those committees, designate a director or directors to serve as the member or members and may, if it desires, designate other directors as alternate members who may replace
20 any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his or her place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member. Section 8. Meetings: The directors may hold their annual meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent in writing of all the directors. Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time, upon at least twelve (12) hours personal notice to each director, by (i) the Chief Executive Officer (or any Co- Chief Executive Officer), (ii) the director, if any, that has been designated by the Board of Directors as the lead independent director of the Board of Directors, or (iii) the Secretary. For purposes of this paragraph, personal notice of a special meeting shall be deemed given if notice of the special meeting is given by telephone to a director or is sent by confirmed facsimile transmission or by electronic mail to a director, at that director’s telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as applicable, as it is then shown on the records of the Corporation as the preferred point of contact for such director. Such special meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the person calling the meeting, and such time and place shall be stated in the notice of the call of the meeting. A notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. Section 9. Quorum and Conduct of Business: A majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all matters shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned. Section 10. Compensation: Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, except that by resolution of the Board of Directors, retainer fees, meeting fees, expenses of attendance at meetings and other benefits and payments may be authorized (including in connection with service as members of a committee). Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefore.
21 Section 11. Action without Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior to such action, all of the members of the Board of Directors consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. ARTICLE IV. STANDING AND OTHER COMMITTEES Section 1. Compensation Committee: The Board of Directors may elect from its own membership a compensation committee of not less than three nor more than eight members whose chairman shall also be named by the directors. The compensation committee shall prescribe the compensation of all persons who are deemed to be “executive officers” (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) and any employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries who earn a salary and bonus totaling $500,000 or more per year. The compensation of all other officers of the Corporation shall be determined by the Chief Executive Officer (or any Co-Chief Executive Officer). The compensation committee shall also perform such other duties not inconsistent with the spirit and purpose of the committee as are delegated to it by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Audit Committee: The audit committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than eight members elected by the directors from among their own number. The audit committee shall appoint the firm to be employed by the Corporation as its external auditor; shall consult with the persons chosen to be the external auditors with regard to the plan of audit; shall review and approve the fees of the external auditors for audit and non-audit services; shall review, in consultation with the external auditors, their report of audit, or proposed report of audit, and the accompanying management letter, if any; shall review with management and the external auditor before publication or issuance, the annual financial statement, and any annual reports to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; shall consult with the external auditors (periodically, as appropriate, out of the presence of management) with regard to the adequacy of the internal auditing and general accounting functions of the Corporation; shall consult with the internal auditors (periodically, as appropriate, out of the presence of management) with regard to cooperation of corporate divisions with the internal auditing and accounting departments and the adequacy of corporate systems of accounting and controls; shall serve as a communications liaison between the Board of Directors, the external auditors, and the internal auditors; and shall perform such other duties not inconsistent with the spirit and purpose of the committee as are delegated to it by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Governance and Nominating Committee: The governance and nominating committee shall consist of not less than three members elected by the directors from among their own number. The governance and nominating committee shall receive and evaluate the names and qualifications of potential director candidates, identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors consistent with criteria set by the Board of Directors and recommend director nominees to the Board of Directors and shareholders, recommend the directors to be appointed to committees of the Board of Directors and to be appointed as the committee chairs, develop and recommend to the Board of Directors a set of governance guidelines for the Corporation, monitor and annually evaluate how effectively the Board of Directors and the Corporation have implemented the
22 corporate governance guidelines, oversee evaluations of the Board of Directors and management, and perform such other duties not inconsistent with the spirit and purpose of the committee as are delegated to it by the Board of Directors. Section 4. Meetings: Meetings of the compensation committee, the audit committee, the governance and nominating committee, and any other committee, shall be held on call of the chairman of the committee or any committee member. Meetings may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum, and all matters shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present. Section 5. Action without Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior to such action, all of the members of the committee consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. ARTICLE V. OFFICERS; CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Section 1. Elected Officers: The elected officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer or two co-Chief Executive Officers, as the Board of Directors shall determine, such Vice-Presidents as shall from time to time be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors, a Secretary, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors. All such officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. None of the officers of the Corporation need be directors. More than one office may be held by the same person. Section 2. Chairman of the Board: The Board of Directors shall elect one of its own members to be the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board may also be an elected officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall have and perform such duties as usually devolve upon such office and such other duties as are prescribed or assigned by the By-laws and by the Board of Directors. He shall have power to sign all stock certificates. Section 3. Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officers: Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or any Co–Chief Executive Officer acting alone, shall be vested with authority to act for the Corporation, and shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and such other general powers and duties
23 of supervision and management as usually devolve upon such office and as may be prescribed or assigned by the By-laws and from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer, or any Co−Chief Executive Officer acting alone, shall have the power to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation that are authorized and shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation, other than the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Vice Presidents: Any Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the By-laws, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any Co–Chief Executive Officer. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors unless otherwise directed by those bodies. He/She shall have custody of the corporate seal, and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall affix the same to all instruments or papers requiring the seal of the corporation. The Secretary, or in his/her absence, any Assistant Secretary, shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Corporation. He/She shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall do and perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or any Co–Chief Executive Officer. He/She shall have power to sign all stock certificates. Section 6. Other Officers and Agents: The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 7. Election and Term: The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders. Each officer shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors until his death, resignation, retirement, or removal. Any officer may be elected by the Board of Directors at other than annual meetings to serve until the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after the annual meeting of stockholders next following his election. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS Section 1. Certificates of Stock: The shares of stock of the Corporation may be either represented by certificates or, if provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, uncertificated shares (provided that any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation). Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Any certificate of stock shall be signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and shall certify the number of shares owned by the stockholder in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures may be facsimiles.
24 Section 2. Lost Certificates: The Board of Directors may order a new certificate or certificates of stock or uncertificated shares to be issued in the place of any certificate or certificates of the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, but in every such case the owner of the lost certificate or certificates shall first cause to be given to the Corporation or its authorized agent a bond in such sum as said Board may direct, as indemnity against any loss that the Corporation may incur by reason of such replacement of the lost certificate or certificates. Section 3. Transfer of Shares: The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and, except where a certificate is issued in accordance with Section 2 of this Article VI, upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books, and ledgers, or to the authorized agent of the Corporation, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer. The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish. Section 4. Fractional Shares: No fractional part of a share of stock shall ever be issued by this Corporation. Section 5. Fixing a Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record: In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may, except as otherwise required by law, fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, then the record date shall be as provided by law. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 at the adjourned meeting. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or, except as otherwise provided by these By-laws, for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which shall not be more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, then the record date shall be as provided by law.
25 Section 6. Dividends: Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Certificate of Designations, Preferences & Rights), the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefore at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any fund of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation. Section 7. Seal: The corporate seal shall consist of two concentric circles between which shall be the words “GLOBE LIFE INC. DELAWARE” with the words “CORPORATE SEAL” in the center. Section 8. Fiscal Year: The Fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 9. Notice and Waiver of Notice: Whenever any notice is required by these By-laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise required by law. Any notice of a meeting required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-laws, may be waived in writing, either before or after such meeting, and, to the extent permitted by law, will be waived by a person by his attendance thereat, in person or by proxy. Any person so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-laws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Notice given pursuant to this Article VI, Section 9 shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given in writing or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
26 Section 10. Time Periods: In applying any provision of these By-laws which requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included. Section 11. Facsimile Signatures: In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these By-laws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used unless otherwise restricted by the Board of Directors. Section 12. Severability: If any provision or provisions of these By-laws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (a) the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these By-laws (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of these By-laws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of these By-laws; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these By-laws (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of these By-laws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby. ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS These By-laws may be altered or repealed and By-laws may be adopted (i) at any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or By-law or By-laws to be adopted is contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or (ii) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at a special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal, or By-law or By-laws to be adopted, is contained in the notice of such special meeting.